tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post8168415208582705418..comments2023-10-19T21:48:56.560-05:00Comments on meaning in history: FISA: The Real Choicesmark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-56544765219204595582020-01-31T13:07:57.178-06:002020-01-31T13:07:57.178-06:00And, I wish I better edit my replies.And, I wish I better edit my replies.TDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02764051812502858667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-26918773269741570132020-01-31T13:05:44.485-06:002020-01-31T13:05:44.485-06:00Far from it.
However, I do detect a sense of we...Far from it. <br /><br />However, I do detect a sense of we are damned if we do and damned if we don't.<br /><br />That said, my point was to buttress your general view, as far as I have it, that the former, Congressional oversight, is better than the latter FARA and clearly supported by the constitution.<br /><br />TDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02764051812502858667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-8249721763155519112020-01-31T12:10:53.077-06:002020-01-31T12:10:53.077-06:00I'm sorry you think I was wasting your time by...I'm sorry you think I was wasting your time by writing all those numerous posts about what FISA and Executive authority in foreign policy is all about under the Constitution, and about all the SCOTUS and Founding Father opinions on these matters.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-83119882276441275542020-01-31T11:53:10.478-06:002020-01-31T11:53:10.478-06:00Ya know, there is line in our constitution 4th ame...Ya know, there is line in our constitution 4th amendment, about being "secure in our persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated."<br /><br />The 4th amendment uses the strong, emphatic "shall." When "shall" is used in law, which the constitution is, it means there is no wiggle room, it is, in essence, a TDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02764051812502858667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-18410206846897276592020-01-30T22:05:19.338-06:002020-01-30T22:05:19.338-06:00And I agree. If you want it, wear it. Don't ...And I agree. If you want it, wear it. Don't tell to me, the chump voter, that it's ok because some bigger chump judge passed on it.<br />Tom S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-37676713272895338962020-01-30T18:35:34.815-06:002020-01-30T18:35:34.815-06:00Badly needed.Badly needed.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-52681356051464899752020-01-30T18:20:24.715-06:002020-01-30T18:20:24.715-06:00After his disgraceful performance refusing to read...After his disgraceful performance refusing to read Rand Paul's question (twice), claiming that their aren't Obama and Trump judges and his failure to clean out the FISA Court lineup, Roberts reveals himself to be a political hack. <br /><br />As to your sage comment that "The ever increasing willingness of the Left to trash our constitutional order leaves the answer to that questionJoenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-48277466581130429542020-01-30T16:31:27.526-06:002020-01-30T16:31:27.526-06:00What the author is saying is that the FISA regime ...What the author is saying is that the FISA regime is a make believe process, and was intended to be--by the FBI. It was no more than a way to deflect responsibility. By returning the process to the political process put in place by the Constitution--Executive authority subject to Legislative oversight--we would have clear lines of responsibility.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-85261868606457285642020-01-30T16:17:35.070-06:002020-01-30T16:17:35.070-06:00"Naturally, politics would seep into such ove..."Naturally, politics would seep into such oversight. But politics is preferable to pretense."<br /><br />So, in precisely what part of the current rolling coupe, to which the FISA process was so handily enlisted, does this author not see a political strain. Lenin was a pretty smart cookie, if sick and twisted, and occasionally was pretty close to right on the money. One of his often Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com